Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:40:50 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <erikt@update.uu.se> To: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I name my network interface? Message-ID: <20051023164050.GA40949@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510231825530.28572@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510231825530.28572@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE>
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 06:30:35PM +0200, Andreas Davour wrote: > > Hi! > > I have realized that my new motherboard has a built-in network > interface, and I'd like to use it as well as the PCI based one I have. > > But, what do I call it when I plumb it with "ifconfig"? That would depend on what chipset, etc. the built-in interface uses. > > The PCI card I have is identified during boot as rl0, and the built-in > as "rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus0". rlphy0 is just part of the rl0 interface, and not a separate interface by itself. Reading the miibus(4) manpage might be useful. > > Using "ifconfig rlphy0 plumb" does not work. It says: > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument > > and that's it. > > So, what do I call it? I tried rl1 as well, no cookie. > > /andreas If it does not show up in the dmesg(8) output it might not be supported, or the correct driver might not be included in the kernel. What does 'pciconf -lv' say? -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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